Indian cricket team will be touring Australia next month for a nearly two-month-long tour. The visitors will play 3 T20Is, 4 Tests and 3 ODIs on the tour.

The Indian cricket team looks all set to create history in the upcoming tour of Australia by playing two matches at the same time at different venues. As per a report in The Mumbai Mirror, the Indian team will be playing two warm-up fixtures before the start of the Test series against Australia. To play in practice games, few of the players might have to miss the T20I series.

The three T20Is are to be played on November 21, 23 and 25 while the Test series starts on December 6. In all likeliness, the fixtures of the first practice match will overlap with the T20I series and players who play all the formats of the game might miss the three T20I games.

(Virat Kohli is expected to play in T20I series. Photo credits: PTI)

Someone like Virat Kohli might play international fixtures while Bhuvneshwar Kumar could be asked to play the practice match as he hasn't played red-ball cricket for a long time now. It will be interesting to see whether The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will get a way out solve this issue or not.

A similar sort of scene was seen in 2017 when the Australian Test team was in India for the four-match series while Australia's T20I team hosted Sri Lanka. The T20I series ended on February 22 while Test series kicked off next day in India. In a historic move, Cricket Australia had different squads for the two format altogether.

The report also adds that both the teams will have different support staff. There might be a case when India A and U-19 coaching staff, headed by Rahul Dravid, might oversee the preparations of the team in the warm-up games as Ravi Shastri and co will be with the national team for the T20I series.

Historic! Two Indian teams might play at the same time at different venues in Australia: ReportDescription:Indian cricket team will be touring Australia next month for a nearly two-month-long tour. The visitors will play 3 T20Is, 4 Tests and 3 ODIs on the tour.Times Now